Serge Sargsyan: Armenia ready to negotiate with Turkey's new Government

August 1, 2007 - 15:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's is ready to negotiate with Turkey's new Government after more then 90 years of severed ties, RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan said in an interview with Al Jazeera.



"We can't stay in a situation without having communication and talks with our neighbor because the easiest way of resolving this issue is dialogue and negotiations," he noted



"A row over the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War is at the heart of the issue. Turkey says they were casualties of war, but the people of Armenia want what happened to be recognized as genocide. The continuing closure of the border has isolated Armenia, which is a landlocked country, hitting the economy hard," the TV Channel said, Groong reports.
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